Furniture



Aug. 22, 1939;

F. A. EICHEL FURNITURE Filed Nov. 6, 1937 Patented Aug. 22, 1939 UNITED STAT 2,170,409 FURNITURE Frank A. Eichel, New York, N. Y., assignor to Tom Lamb Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 6, 1937, Serial No. 173,055

Claims.

This invention relates to furniture and pertains more particularly to that group of swinging chairs, settees and the like which are commonly known as gliders.

It is an object of the invention to provide a glider in which the movable parts are normally concealed by the upholstery.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a reasonably long horizontal motion of the glider without much vertical motion.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes of illustration is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is .a perspective view of the glider with upholstery removed to better illustrate the moving parts.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the end members.

Figures 3 and 4 are similar views showing the parts in two extreme positions of movement.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of one of the end members.

Referring to the drawing, the glider seat frame comprises a horizontal rectangular frame I formed of any suitable structural material such as metal tubing. Secured to the ends of the frame I in any suitable manner are a pair of vertical frames 2, and secured to the back of the frame I is an inclined back frame 3.

The said seat frame is secured by suitable brackets 4 to a pair of inverted U-shaped frame members 5, which said members are pivotally connected by pins 6 to pairs of links 1. The said links extend substantially vertically and are pivotally connected at their upper ends by pins 8 to a floating U-shaped member 9. This member is in turn connected by pins III to pairs of links I I, which extend substantially vertically and are connected by pins I2 to fixed U-shaped frames I3 which are supported on the floor.

The link and frame mechanism just described and comprising parts 5, 6, I, 8, 9, II], II, I2 and I3 is provided in duplicate at each end of the glider as illustrated in Figure 1, and may be suitably spaced and supported by a rod I4 having end plates I5 fitting into flanged brackets I6 secured to the members I3.

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the movement of the various links and members when the seat frame is moved to its extreme backward and forward positions.

It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified and embodied within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A glider comprising, in combination, a seat frame, a member secured to said seat frame, a supporting member resting on the floor, a floating member, links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower part of said first named member and at their upper ends to said floating member and swinging freely thereon, and additional links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower part of said floating member and at their upper ends to said supporting member and freely swinging thereon, said last named links being disposed in parallelism to said first named links whereby the swinging movements of the seat frame will be confined substantially to a horizontal plane.

2. A glider comprising, in combination, a seat frame, a member secured to said seat frame and extending downwardly therefrom, a supporting member resting on the floor and extending upwardly therefrom, a floating member located therebetween, links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower part of said first named member and at their upper ends to said floating member and swinging freely thereon, and additional links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower part of said floating member and at their upper ends to said supporting memher and freely swinging thereon, said last named links being transversely spaced from and disposed in parallelism to said first named links whereby the swinging movements of the seat frame will be confined substantially to a horizontal plane.

3. A glider comprising, in combination, a. seat frame, an inverted U-shaped member secured to said seat frame with the legs of the U extending downwardly therefrom, a U-shaped supporting member resting on the floor with the legs of the U extending upwardly therefrom, a floating member located therebetween, links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower. part of said first named member and at their upper ends to the upper part of said floating member and freely swinging thereon, and additional links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower part of said floating member and at their upper ends to the upper part of said supporting member and swinging freely thereon.

4. A glider comprising, in combination, .a seat frame, an inverted U-shaped member secured to said seat frame with the legs of the U extending downwardly therefrom, a U-shaped supporting member resting on the floor with the legs of the U extending upwardly therefrom, a U-shaped floating member having legs extending upwardly between the legs of the first named member and the legs of the supporting members, links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower part of said first named member and at their upper ends to the upper part of said floating member and freely swinging thereon, and additional links pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower part of said floating member and at their upper ends to the upper part of said supporting member and swinging freely thereon.

5. A glider comprising, in combination, a seat frame, a member secured to said seat frame, a supporting member resting on the floor, a floating member, links having a fixed pivot at their upper ends on said supporting member and a moving pivot at their lower ends on said floating member, and links having a fixed pivot at their upper ends on said floating member and a moving pivot at their lower ends on said member secured to said seat frame, all of said links being disposed in parallelism to one another and mounted for free swinging movement when said seat frame is moved.

FRANK A. EICHEL. 

